The Salud podcast provides accurate health information to Hispanic communities across the Northeast
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'During the COVID-19 pandemic, journalist Tibisay Zea realized that the Hispanic community in Boston and greater New England needed to be more informed on health issues. Zea, originally from Venezuela, had always wanted to educate Latinos living in Boston on health-related topics, primarily because data [sic] in Spanish is scarce...
"This podcast is unique. Based on research we've done, it's one of the only ones, if not the only one, that talks about health issues in Spanish in the United States"...
"Many of these immigrants don't have access to health insurance and don't go to the doctor because of language barriers. That is why we want to continue informing them about health issues, dispelling misinformation, and connecting them with people in the community who are going through the same situations."
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org